Battle of Blore Heath

When

2 Oct 1459

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

52.91° N, 2.42° W

Description

1459 battle in the English Wars of the Roses

1459 battle in the War of the Roses

The Battle of Blore Heath took place during the English Wars of the Roses on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath, Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and close to the village of Loggerheads, Staffordshire.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Blore Heath in the Kingdom of England, Yorkists under Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, defeat a Lancastrian force”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Blore Heath im Rahmen der Rosenkriege siegt das Haus York über das Haus Lancaster und marschiert danach auf Worcester”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Blore Heath dans la Guerre des Deux-Roses en Angleterre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “войско Белой Розы разбило силы Алой Розы у Блор-Хифа”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se libra la batalla de Blore Heath en Inglaterra en el contexto de la guerra de las dos rosas entre las casas de York y de Lancaster con resultado de victoria…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “布洛希思之役爆發，為英國的內戰玫瑰战争揭幕。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “（薔薇戦争）ブロア・ヒースの戦い、ヨーク派勝利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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